Cognitive impairment in a patient with COVID‐19 on hemodialysis: Too dangerous to neglect!

Abstract

Neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) often have tragic repercussions. Although many reports of neurological complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection exist, none of them are of patients on hemodialysis, who have a fivefold greater risk of stroke than the general population. In this report, we emphasize the importance of being vigilant for mild stroke in high risk populations-such as patients on hemodialysis-with COVID-19, since these conditions have overlapping symptoms.

Neurological consequences of COVID-19 and brain related pathogenic mechanisms: A new challenge for neuroscience

“…Impaired consciousness and dysexecutive syndrome have also been found among COVID-19 patients ( Hampshire et al, 2021 ), especially in concomitancy with other systemic pathologies ( Jacobs et al, 2021 ) and in severe or ICU hospitalized patients ( Rousseau et al, 2021 ). A retrospective study of Wuhan reported disturbances of consciousness in hospital admission in nearly one third of the patients from a sample of 113 deceased patients with COVID-19 ( Chen et al, 2020 ).…”